Helpful Linux Links

jaa1180 writes "Over my years of using Linux, I have found a number of web pages for helpful information, useful tools, and various other links. I thought perhaps someone else would like to browse through the links. I am sure there are many more out there but I wanted to share what I have. The Linux community helped me a great deal when I was just starting to use linux almost six years ago. So I would like to give a bit back." What other handy links have people stumbled across?

well, you missed out the ubuntu sites

[ArwynH]

Very useful for begginers...

• http://www.ubuntu.com/ [ubuntu.com]
• http://www.ubuntuforums.org/ [ubuntuforums.org]
• http://ubuntuguide.org/ [ubuntuguide.org]

Re:well, you missed out the ubuntu sites

[jaa1180]

LOL, yea. I need to update them. I think some of the links are not working now. I use Ubuntu, love it after the fixes, and looking at Gentoo again.

Re:well, you missed out the ubuntu sites

[stevey]

<plug> http://www.debian-administration.org [debian-adm...ration.org] </plug>

Slashdot has really gone down hill :(

[p2sam]

Wow, we're sharing links now? What is this, the early nineties?

Re:Slashdot has really gone down hill :(

[slashflood]

Parent is not a flamebait. Since when is a private list of links news, especially when we have del.icio.us and powerful search engines? The bigger part of the link list is about linux distributions, but one link to Distrowatch [distrowatch.com] would have been sufficient. From now on every submitted article about a private link list could be accepted.

Re:Slashdot has really gone down hill :(

[ArwynH]

Wow, we're sharing links now? What is this, the early nineties?

Well... considering the well known fact that /.'s readership is mostly consisted of 14yr olds and we are now in 2005 I guess most of us were 5yrs old then and missed it last time round.

Only x86?

[Otter]

Nothing in there about non-x86 architectures: penguinppc.org, linux-m68k.org, linux-mips.org.

Also, as I'm now grinding through that huge 'emerge -uD world' when you switch a new Gentoo install from binary packages to -O5 superoptimized compiled, I don't think I can be accused of malice when I say that the Gentoo section isn't complete without a link to funroll-loops.org!

Re:Only x86?

[fjf33]

O5? What compiler are you using that can do O5? gcc does O, O2, O3 and Os as far as I know.

Re:Only x86?

[fjf33]

I didn't realize you were being ironic. Too subtle for my American ears. Are you British?

A good newbie guide

[RootsLINUX]

This guide helped me greatly when I started out with Linux: Linux Newbie Guide [sunsite.dk]. I didn't see it on your list. Ahh, I remember back when I started out and I had no idea how to install a program in Linux. I was like "WTF, what's the equivalent of a .exe???". This guide showed me the light. :)

LQ?

[uberjoe]

http://www.linuxquestions.org/ [linuxquestions.org]

rsync

[max born]

rsync [samba.org] is a much overlooked utility that allows secure file transfers/backups over a network (no mention of it at Linux-Backup.net). You can use it to backup whole file sets or just changes in file sets. I've used it to backup 3T/night over 4 subnets (NY, Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco).

I can't say enough about this utility. It's command line driven, very scriptable, has a slew of great options, and has made my job really easy.

forums

[Beatbyte]

you should look for forums for distributions you're interested in. they hold more information than you can possibly imagine.

It has been done already

[Anonymous Coward]

Loads of Linux links:
http://loll.sourceforge.net/linux/links/ [sourceforge.net]

courtesy of some folks in my LUG

Link-List Shmink-List

[triso]

Why bother checking a few sites for a problem when you can search them all with google.com before you can say, "Draco Malfoy."

Re:Should be obvious but isn't

[Mr. Freeman]

How does Google know what content works for/is better for Linux?

Now don't get me wrong I love Google, but if an image search for "AMD 64" turns up 50% pornography; I'm not sure how accurate this Linux search can be.

Re:Should be obvious but isn't

[slashflood]

Well... [google.com]

Re:Should be obvious but isn't

[jaa1180]

This is the reason for bookmarking sites we find. You search dogpile or google and just don't find what you are looking for. Then someone has a link on their site, you go to it, find the answer or whatever, and you bookmark it. Sooo, if I share my links with everyone, then perhaps I am able to help someone else out. Apperantly not everyone is of this attitude.

Worse than a dupe

[DrMorris]

This is by far the worst story I ever saw on slashdot. And it even made it to the front page! Besides the fact that every sane person uses a search engine to find information on a specific problem and maintains his own link list, our friend should have at least checked his list for broken links...

Re:Worse than a dupe

[ISayWeOnlyToBePolite]

our friend should have at least checked his list for broken links...

Not to mention duplicate entries. Check the submitters frontpage: http://www.avveduti.com/ [avveduti.com] I'm thinking this story was accepted as a prank.

BSD?

[LukaFox]

I like how BSD is listed as the first GNU/Linux distribution.

google

[towsonu2003]

www.google.com/linux